#C5B344#C5B344

#C5B344 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B344
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -6.52, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 57.35, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0228 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(40.1912, 44.5296, 11.9458)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B344 #4456C5

analogous

#C57344 #C5B344 #97C544

triadic

#C5B344 #44C5B3 #B344C5

tetradic

#C5B344 #44C573 #4456C5 #C54497

square

#C5B344 #44C573 #4456C5 #C54497

split-complementary

#C5B344 #4497C5 #7344C5

monochromatic

#6D6222 #9C8D30 #C5B344 #D3C673 #E2D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C5B344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B344

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B344	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac97d',
    500: '#c5b344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b344;
$custom-light: #dac97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76141,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.44528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B344

secondary

#969ECF

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B344

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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